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Image 1874-Paris-Hachette-01-026 
Illustration No. 1     
Illustrator Albert d'Arnoux 'Bertall' 
Engraver Pannemaker (Adolphe François Pannemaker?) 
Lithographer  
Title Caption Don Quichotte écrivait sa lettre. 
Title Supplied  
Part Part I, Madrid 1605  
Chapter Chapter 25 
Subject 25.3 DQ’s letter to Dulcinea
 
Illustration Type Vignette
 
Technique Wood engraving or Xylography
 
Color Black and white 
Volume
Page Number 117 
Image Dimension 72 x 78 
Page Dimension 173 x 110 
Commentary Don Quixote writes his love letter for Dulcinea in Sierra Morena and Sancho observes him (although Cervantes says that don Quixote wrote the letter apart).
Original choice.
Good drawing and engraving; notice their expressions. 
Notes 1 - Same illustration first published in Paris: Hachette, 1859 and 1863.